A very warm welcome to Café La Leche Merton!

We are a breastfeeding support group for pregnant mums, breastfeeding mothers, babies, and toddlers.We offer support once a month on a Tuesdays 10.00-12.00 at: Hillside Church, 37 Worple Road, SW19 4JZ. No parking available but you can park on the Roads and pay and display. ​We are only meeting once a month (January and February 2019) so please check dates on our website.

Our mother-to-mother breastfeeding support meetings will help answer your general breastfeeding questions over a cup of tea and included we have a drop-in service where you can come and speak to one of our Accredited Breastfeeding Counsellors. Do bring your red book if you can. We do not offer home visits at the moment, so please try and attend our meetings.​We having been providing support in the community for the past 9 consecutive years and we are part of a larger international organisation called La Leche League International that began in America over 50 years ago! LLL Leaders are mums who have enjoyed nursing their babies and who have received extensive training as Breastfeeding Counsellors. Our accredited LLL Leaders are fluent in French and Spanish. "La Leche" means simply Milk in Spanish.

What is La Leche League’s mission ?

La Leche League GB’s mission is to help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.

Café La Leche Merton is for you if…

You are expecting a baby and want to know more about breastfeeding

You are having an elective Cesarean birth and want to learn more about antenatal expression of colostrum and harvesting colostrum

You have had breast augmentation/reduction surgeries and want to maximise your chances of breastfeeding

You are already breastfeeding and want help with challenges

You have been told the latch looks "good" but you are still in pain

You are looking for continuity of care and skilled breastfeeding support

You are confused with contradictory advice and want some evidence-based information

You want to meet other breastfeeding mums to share support and experiences

You need information on starting solids or weaning

You want to learn more about re-lactation

You want to learn more about tandem feeding, and/or breastfeeding through a non high risk pregnancy

You want to learn more about mothering through breastfeeding

You are interested in reading more about breastfeeding, birth and parenting

You are a breastfeeding mother that wants to help other breastfeeding mothers are/or become an LLL leader

Your baby has a tongue tie and needs help with position and attachment (we are not insured to do tongue tie assessments, but if you live in Merton you can ask your Health Visitor to refer you to the NHS Breastfeeding Specialist clinic at Acacia Children' center).

La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation dedicated to providing support, encouragement, information, and education to women who want to breastfeed. LLLGB is a registered charity affiliated to la Leche League International - the world’s largest source of breastfeeding information.

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